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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1963)
PARI I Gold The Republicans are a party that must look to the future, since the present, measured in major offices held, is not cheerful. The future appears to lie in the suburbs. Of the 90 million population increase expected in the United States by 1975-80. nearly all will come in these growing city outskirts. So how are the Republicans doing there? ,'. The party's analysis of 1962 voting fig ures, contained in a new National Committee study, suggests the GOP may be holding up very well in areas both parties regard as prime battlegrounds from here on. Review of 13 major metropolitan zones in dicates that last year Republican congressional candidates won 55.7 per cent of their suburban vote as against 53.2 per cent in 195(1, the previous off-year test. The areas studied include New York, Bos ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington (Maryland suburbs), Cleveland, Detroit, Chi cago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Den ver and San Francisco. Only in Boston's environs and the New York state-New Jersey suburbs of New York City were losses sustained. Gains in the others ranged from a whop ping 27 per cent in Denver's suburbs to a modest 1.5 per cent outside San Francisco. No comparable figures were developed in this study for all the big governorship races, though Michigan's Republican George Romney Is shown to have made an 8.8 per cent sub urban pickup around Detroit as against the Protection (The Christian Science Monitor) Gov. Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey is one of perhaps a number of governors calling attention of their state legislatures to the need for stricter laws against drunken driving. The drinking problem, says Mr. Hughes, "dominates any discussion of death on our highways." And basic to any effective program of controlling the drinking driver, he de clares, is an "Implied consent" law. Such a Statute provides that a holder of a driving license may be required to take a "drunkom etcr" test If suspected of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. ' Eight states, among them New York, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Idaho, now have such a law. These and a still larger number, approximately half of the states in all, give legal validity to chemical tests in most cases IN WASHINGTON . . . By KA1.IMI de TOLEDANO The balllc over (lie new Ken nedy budget $!!l billion adminis tratively, but $112 billion when all Federal outlays arc Included will be one of the goriest and gaudiest in many years. Speaker John McCormack's outburst on the White House steps, In which he de scribed as "wild" Republican claims that some $10 billion can be lop)cd o( Mr. Kennedy's re quests (or current spending and future obligational aulltority. is an indication o( what is In store. For Mr. Speaker McCormack is not Riven lo excess. Rut he bad been prodded into a do-or-dif mood by the White House whose Ideologues are committed lo the record-busting budget. 'Pile Administration and its Con gressional spokesmen arc clearly a little desperate about what will happen In the phonebook-site budget report when the various appropriations sulicommlllees of the House finish what legisla tors call "marking it up" name ly, preparing it (or enactment. To evaluate a budget or the valid ity of its variuus spending pro posals requires far more time, rffort, and training than the av erage Congressman commands. Administration Democrats know that in previous years, there was a bit of slashing here or slic ing there. Foreign aid sometimes look a beating. Congressional pi es sure added and subtracted. But by live large, the budget went through as the Budget Bureau and the President's Council of Economic Advisers drew it up. After all, there were few enough people around to understand the arguments of Senator Harry F Byrd. But Administration Democrats also know that (his year, the Republicans have stolen a march on Uie White House. Representa tive Frank Bow'i attack on tlie Administration budget Inst Mon day was only an opener. For the Mil time, is nrrnureH HERALD AXD NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. In Them Suburbs Against Drunken Driving voluntarily taken as evidence of intoxica tion. In the early years of using breath tests there was some question as to what amount of alcohol content in the blood should be taken as indicating serious loss of control. Most state laws now regard 0.15 per cent as con stituting prima facie evidence, and 0.05 to 0.15 per cent as providing supporting evidence in the presence of other factors. There is con siderable medical testimony that 0.10 per cent is enough to be conclusive. A person who applies for a driving license asks society for the privilege of taking a po tentially death-dealing instrument on the high, ways. Surely, in view of the number of fa talities caused annually by drunken driving, it is not loo much to make the taking of a breath test one condition for keeping that li cense. Legislatures meeting next month will do well to see how their stale laws stand in this respect. Budget Battle Coming Up President Eisenhower' Budget director, Maurice Stilus, has been working with a corps of econo mists, analyzing the Kennedy budget item by Item and pre- ' paring a Republican counter-proposal. At the same time, ranking Republican members of the com mittees and subcommittees which will examine the President's pro posals, have also been thorough ly briefed. In short, the Republican op position has prepared a series of documents of its own as detailed as those which the White House has sent up to Capitol Hill. For the first time in my memory, there will he a phalanx of Con gressmen with ammunition to spare. Representative Bow, in speaking for House Republicans, characterised possible budget cuts in the kind of broad terms that Congress is accustomed to hear. His colleagues, however, have been sharpening their razors lo a fine edge and are ready lo wield them. None of this would matter In White House strategists. Alone, the Republicans do not have the voles to change n single comma in the budget or to cut It by a eiiny. What worries the Admin istration is the sentiment among many Democratic members. These Democrats have been leading their mail and consulting their consciences. They are also caught between strong pressure from the grassroots not to cut taxes unless the budget Is also cut, ami a squeeze from the While House to leave the budg et alone hut to lower taxes leven without "reloim'i. They there fore foresee a deficit which may run above the $20 billion mark -and it frightens them. i.Vnlt delicit mail has been unprece dented this year Sentiment for budget cutting is stronger on the Hill today than I have ever seen It. White House strategists realize this. They also realize that they cannot undercut Monday, March IS, 19S1 party's 1958 governorship showing there. This gave him his victory margin. Other evidence suggests that governor candidates rang up improved suburban scores in other places as well, though there were oc casional losses. The figures would be more conclusive if many more areas were included. Still, there is no particular reason to believe that in gen uine two-party sectors a more comprehensive showing would yield a different result. Republicans once considered the suburbs locked up for them. The steady outward push of millions of habitual Democrats has sharp ly altered the outlook. The GOP no longer can take the outskirts for granted. It is hard to judge how really significant a 2.5 per cent GOP suburban gain in 13 areas is from one off-year test to another. No com parisons are offered with presidential IflfiO, President Kennedy made substantial in roads then in several major suburban fringes. The arc around Philadelphia was a notable case. Do the 19(S2 results indicate the GOP is on the way to countering these gains? Or will his presence on the ticket in 19(54 reverse matters again, affecting the suburban vote for all major- offices? Of the samples offered in the current GOP study, the verdict on 19(52 suburban re sults probably has to be that they seem prom ising for the Republicans, but as yet prove nothing for the long pull. proponents of budget cutting and fiscal responsibility in open de bale. The Administration, how ever is canny in the ways of poli tics. If it can make the budget issue a partisan one pitting Democrats against Republicans then the Democrats who make up part of the "economy bloc" can be weaned away. Hence the nature of Speaker McCoi mack's remarks. In them, he came periously close to charg ing that there was something slightly unpatriotic about budget culling. Debating the question on this basis can generate consider able beat but very little light. II can lead to the kind of 'name calling which divides men and par lies. It is interesting to note that Maiority Under Mike Manslield, who would lind himself in dilti cullies if he attempted to use similar tactics in Hie Senate, was more moderate In his criticism and asked the Republicans to prove their point. This is pre cisely what Hie OOP strategists hope to do. II will be something ol a job, but the Republican House leadership Is trying to re strain (iOP Congressmen from exchanging polemics with the Democrats. The slogan is "Keep it calm and keep il factual." Only in this manner, the Republi cans believe, can they win over those troubled Democrats w ho see danger in the high-budget-low -ta Kennedy program. THEY SAY... I'e bcrn muling about how the Piouiettl wants this nation to hp physically fit and by George I wanted tn prove to myself that t slill am. Alois Mepuka. M, of Lincoln, Nrb., allrr 30-mile hike. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS A recent piece o( mine about writing letters and the fact that there is no relationship between the ability to write good letters and literary skill in general seemed to surprise some readers. Evidently they expect a profes sional writer to be not only adept but even, eager to indulge in per sonal correspondence. Actually, except for those lit erary exhibitionists who compose letters with a sly glance at pos terity land who also manage to keep copies of their lengthy epis tles', most professional writers have little skill and less desire to grind out words after working hours. No one expects a surgeon to perform a lobectomy just for the fun of il, or a lawyer to handle litigation as a hobby, but some how people assume that a writ er likes nothing better than to spend his spare time in pecking away at the typewriter in an ec static trance. When the writer confesses that he doesn't even know how to compose a really interesting Id ler, this is taken as mere irony or an excuse for laziness. But the truth about this sort of pro fessional incapacity was amusing ly revealed some years ago in a book by Beatrice Houdini about her late husband, the great magi cian and escape artist. Houdini, as everyone knows, was the cleverest man with his hands who ever lived. He could palm 52 cards, a complete deck, one after the other. He could es cape from handcuffs, strait jack et or a trunk. No jail cell was able to hold him. But, in his personal life, this Let's Eat ACROSS 1 Butter portion 4 Strofjanoff fi Pe ssert 12 Mouths 13 Shield hp iiring blackbird 42 European ermine 45 Flatterv 49 Contestant 61 of corn 62 Painful outcry 53 Bird bill protuberance 54 Kunnrr on snow Sft Woody plant 66 Condition (suffix) 57 bass DOWN 1 Bridge (Kr 2 Operatic solo 3 Navonnes 4 Seethes 6 Sea eagle Evades 7 Moor 8 Carried to Newcastle 9 Against 10 Sham 1A Heavy blow 15 Yugoslav City 1 fi Hood 18 (iosaiped 20 Arrav 21 Moths 2'2 Consumes 24 Food fish 20 Royal Italian family name 27 Mineral spring SOCity m Missouri 32 Cancer or Capricorn .14 Placard AS Soar Worm 37 High-priced 'AQ K roster 40 Striplings 41 Ctirknn 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 I 18 19 IQ U Jl 13 14 H 16 17 30 31 32 33 34 p ' 1 1 40 b 47" 43 44 'rj43 46 S7"T" 49 50 " 51 52 ""il 54 . I I I I is That Goes for Me, STRICTLY PERSONAL amazing dexterity was nowhere evident. Once, Mrs. Houdini re lates, he was putting in a new light bulb in her room, which shattered to bits on the floor. She rebuked him for his clum siness, he apologized profusely, end went to fetch a second bulb which also slipped from his fin gers and smashed. This time she upbraided him so fiercely that he hastily left the house. An hour later, a mes senger appeared with an envel ope. The message read: "Mr. Houdini wishes to inform Mrs. Houdinithat the first bulb fell out of his hand, but the second one slipped. He wishes to convey his sorrow, and promises that the one that (ell will never fall again." On another occasion, the Hou dinis were guests at a country house party, when the hostesses asked for help in arranging the table (or a buffet supper. His wile saw Houdini volunteering, and remarked: "He won't be any good to them," adding in a burst of confidence, "You know, he's the mot helpless man in the world!" QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q What denomination is the Little Church Around the Corner In New York City? A Episcopal Church, the real name of which is the Church of I he Transfiguration. Q Which Is the only New Eng land state that was not part of the original 13 states? A Vermont. 11 Gaelic 17 Stamping machines 19 eiba TA Perfume 24 European shark 2n Japanese herbs 26 Having auricles 27 Pungency 2A Funeral pile tref. sp 29 Onus of maples 31 ivsnassionate .13 Derm Stace whispers 40 Machine tool 41 Kstate 42 Highlander AS Trip 44 One time 46 Rianchi opponents 47 Japanese brew AS Assam silkworm 50 Mtlitarv abbreviation Answer to Previous mine Too!' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support Having read many recent let ters from sportsmen criticizing the Oregon State Game Commis sion's policy on deer manage ment, I would like to venture the opinion that most Oregon hunters are in accord with the present system, and being satis fied, do not feel the need of writ ing about it. 1 believe this is a mistake, as it has often been demonstrated that an organized, voluble minority can accomplish either harm or good entirely out of proportion to its size. The Game Commission has men in the field every month of the year studying deer habitat, feed supply, weather conditions and many other things having a bearing on overall herd manage ment. Furthermore these men have the necessary education and intelligence to correctly interpret what they observe. Their methods and results are respected nation ally, judging from conservation articles in leading outdoor maga zines. The latest article I have noted appears in the March, 1963, issue of "Field and Stream." Naturally there were no mass migrations of deer during the mild falls we have had recently, nor are the does apt to stand out in the open to be counted after they have been legally shot at for several years, but this does not indicate that the herd is de pleted. Hundreds of deer can be seen in fields of nearby valleys at night during the autumn, prob ably due to scarcity of their na tural lood. During 33 years of deer hunting in Klamath and Lake counties 1 have found many dead bucks in the woods, some of them gutted and dragged almost to a road, then left there to rot when the "sportsman" was able to kill one with a larger rack, so if there is a deer shortage it cannot all be blamed on the doe kill. I believe the recently formed ' Oregon Fish & Game Council" is in about the same category as a man who. on the basis of hav ing piled a few rocks in his time, feels qualified to tell an expert mason how to build a stone wall. It appears to be a question of whether surplus deer die of star vation or are taken by hunters on a carefully studied ' sustained yield basis. To me the latter is much preferable, and I believe it is to this end that our Game Com mission is working to the very best of its ability. Jack F. Moore, 42oj Frieda Ave. Thanks This is to both commend and thank you and the editorial staff of the Herald and News for the good coverage devoted to Ameri ican History Month, sponsored by the National Society. Daughters of tlie American Revolution, each February. The photo-news recognition giv en to observance of the month is a valuable contribution to the promotion of study, understanding and appreciation of American his tory and our nation's heritage. The National Society joins with the Oregon State Society and DAR in jour area in this message of sincere appreciation. Raymond l Hatcher. Public Relations Director. NSDAR I Pifirs To Gerrymander There is much misunderstand ing and general confusion con cerning the "gerrymander" plan, which tlie Klamath County Joint School Boards Association voted to adopt on the evening of Feb. 28. Tliis plan is to be presented to the voters as their solution to the overcrowded condition existing at Klamath Lnion High School and to other county-wide school problems, providing enabling leg islation will permit them to do so. As a member of tlie Klamath Falls Citizens' Committee which has been studying the problem for some time. 1 feel that I must voice my disapproval of this plan. Although my feelings may or may not be the same as others in this group. Many people have questioned me about this plan their first question usually concerns the word "gerrymander." Back in 1812. a man by the name of El bridge Gerry was governor of Massachusetts. He arranged elec toral districts which enabled one party to elect more representa tives than they could on a fair system. In other words, he ma nipulated in order to gain an un fair advantage. Hence, the word "gerrymander." To me. this plan is very well named, as I think i'. certainly takes advantage of the people in the Weyerhaeuser, Stewart-Lennox area and those in the North Suburbs. Here again there is confusion. People in the suburbs do not know which area is designated as "North Sub urbs." In this particular instance, at least, the North Suburban area is that lying to the north of Sixth Street. This plan was presented by members of the County School Board to the City Elementary and KUHS Boards, and had only one member vote against it. This was Margaret Sheridan, who is more concerned with the residents of the suburban area than are cither of the two County Board members, who are supposed to represent the Weyerhaeuser. Stewart-Lennox and North Suburban areas. If these men were truly interested in the welfare of the people of this area and in the education of the children, they would never have voted in favor of this plan. The representative of the North Suburbs lives far outside this area, and his interests very plainly lie with those with whom he is more directly associated. The suburbs need representation on the Coun ty Board. The millage rates in the entire area would be affected in the following way: the city would go up 3.16 mills, the South Suburbs would go down 5.1 mills, the North Suburbs would go up 11.96 mills, (with the exception of an area near Simmers Avenue, which would go up 14.66 mills', and the county would go down 2.4 mills. Is this a fair millage increase? Many other plans have been dis cussed at these meetings which gave more equal millage rates to all concerned, but the County School Board voiced disapproval of these proposals. If this gerrymander plan is adopted, the people in the North Suburbs and the Weyerhaeuser, Stewart-Lennox areas will go into the city school system. The people in the South Suburbs will remain in the county elementary district, but their children will be changed from KUHS to Henley High School. This means that approx- -imalely 1,100 students would come into the city district along with some 35 Henley High School stu dents, and approximately 500 sub urban KU students would go into the county system. As to what would happen to the North Sub urban children attending Alta mont Junior High School, is any one's guess. As of now it appears they would be without a home. 'Millage rates and student pop ulation figures are based on 1962 6,1 operating budgets and would be subject to change.) Instead of adopting a plan which would further unite the people ol Ihe metropolitan area of Klamath Falls, this plan would split the suburbs still further. Although the millage rates would go down for the people of the South Suburbs. I cannot believe they will support this plan. It is a plan which will relieve the present situation for only a short time, and people will not vote in favor of short-range plans. Before closing, I must express gratitude lo the members of the boards who have spent long hours studying the situation, and espec ially to those County Board members who have traveled long distances every week to meet here in our city. Also. I must especially commend two men who have worked unstintingly for many months gathering data and information and compiling figures, in order that we may finally reach a solution to our problems. They are Mr. Ray Hunsaker and Mr. Buzz Wagner. I know they have the respect and admiration of all who have worked with them. Somewhere, there is a solihion to this problem, but I do not believe the gerrymander plan is the answer. To present it to the people to be voted upon is simply another waste of the taxpayer's money, as I am sure it will be defeated. We must have a plan which will look to the future of a growing community. It must be a plan which is fair to all con cerned, and above all. it most The Editor be a plan which will benefit the children of the entire county by providing them with tlie oppor tunity to obtain tlie best educa tion we can give them. They are our citizens of tomorrow. Beth Binford Cooperation As you know, the 408th Fighter Group and the 322nd Fighter In. terceptor Squadron held a Mardi Gras last Friday evening. The purpose of this program was to raise money for the Intercommu nity Hospital Fund. It was a large success due to the active interest and participation of many per. sonncl. Like the other squadrons here at Kingsley Field, we of tlie 408th L'SAF Dispensary set up booths and concessions at the Mardi Gras. A program of this type is rath er difficult to put on at times due to an overhead cost of build ing materials and operating supplies. All costs must be met by individuals rather than club funds or government money. The initial expenses must be taken from the gross earnings of the program, thus leaving a smaller profit. On behalf of our squadron. I wish to thank two of your local merchants who donated their ma terials to help us help the com munity gain a higher goal toward your hospital. These two merchants, South Sixth Street Oxygen Sales and Ganong's Variety, have long since established good community rela tionship and are leaders in this field. It is a wonderful feeling to see a community bound together to work for, and attain, higher goals. A.l.C. Clyde C. Duprce, 408th USAF Dispensary, Kingsley Field. Faith What is normal? Who decides what is normal? 1 began to won der about these questions when I read the editorial "Time For a Hard Look" in Sunday's paper. We condone a lot of things which we hate to face up to by calling them "normal;" things like ju venile naughtiness, like many Americans being in the under privileged class, and now even the stealing of public funds by certain members of Congress is called "normal." Things that are supposedly normal by man's stan dards are of no comfort to me. If by "normal" we mean "average," is it anything to aspire to? I believe that the only true "normalcy" are things set by the laws of nature like the force of gravity pulling on a plumb bob to determine what is per pendicular, (gravity is not man's invention) tilings like rainfall and water distribution over the face of the earth, the number of days of sunshine, etc. When man be gan to state what was normal and what wasn't normal in the realm of economics and social behavior he added much to gen eral confusion and nothing to peace of mind. Karl Marx's communism was a theory whereby all men could be forced into a "normal" state. Present communism as practiced has become a technique for the power to force man into their idea of "normalcy." Thank God that our government is based on Nature's Laws, as are the world's major religions. We need an abid ing faith in the goodness and the rightness of our form o( government. Troubles and differ ences will arise, but they can not "do us in" if we and, espe cially, our officials in Washington hold fast to that abiding faith. We all need to stand up to this faith, to believe in something, tn stand for something so firmly that no amount of sneaky infil tration of " communism, or any outright application of "Europe an" intcllectualism can have any effect on us. Eleanor Thomson, Bly, Ore. Dogs Votes were cast by the voters of the city of Klamath Falls in the November election, the re sult of which, predominantly was in favor of dogs not being per mitted to run loose, and a city ordinance was duly passed cm bodying certain restrictions. At this time I note that there are many dogs running loose in many parts of Klamath Falls. It appears to me that the best way to get rid of a displeasing law. or ordinance, which is not looked upon with favor, is the strict enforcement thereof. Why clutter up the city books with certain laws ordinances when they arc made playthings hy those paid to enforce them. And tlie voter s vote is also made to seem as though it had never been cast. This not only tends to disrespect our laws, but also figures deep in our so-called de bnquency. L. E. Hubbard, .127 Alameda Avenue. Closing In my opinion stores should not remain open on Sundays (or sev eral reasons: Worship A time lo worship. Rest A rest day. or of even just a day of togetherness for the entire family in this busy, rushed world. Mrs. R. Londborg, 2226 Wantland.
